Create your own Bluebell Wood in watercolours.

A sunny Spring morning and a perfect day to demonstrate 

painting a Bluebell Wood in watercolours.

Materials

 Watercolour paper

A handful of brushes including a couple of riggers and a Hake or sft flat brush

Tubes of Cobalt Blue, Permanent or Opera Rose, Winsor Yellow or any bright Primary Yellow, Winsor Blue and a touch of Burnt Sienna.

Masking Tape or Fluid

 And a little inspiration to have hours of fun, creating your own Bluebell scene

Bluebell Walk painted in watercolours 

Size 20 x 10 inches.

Fancy learning the secrets of a Bluebell Wood in Watercolour

My easy watercolour tutorial covers everything you need to know, with step by step instructions and lots of handy tips and secrets.

Lakeland oil demonstration

A Wednesday morning Demonstration in Keswick.

We started with a toned  yellow canvas, sat on the easel.

Portrait was decided.

Colours were kept to mainly primary

Ultramarine Blue, Crimson Alizaron, Winsor Yellow and white.

Some of my fellow artists were new to Oil paints, 

so a limited palette is much easier when beginning.

I applied a very small amount of Liquid Clear.

I don't always use this medium, but for the approach in this demo it would be ideal.

Ultramarine and Crimzon  was applied loosely into the sky.

Soft Yellow and White blended together to form atmospheric clouds in the sky.

These were all softened together with a large brush.

The class enjoyed this section and quoted 'it was quite a workout' on a cold Winter morning.

With a base of a sky painted giving a tonal range, mountains 

in the distant Borrowdale valley were then  applied.

Reflections and similar shades used in the sky were painted into the lake, 

softening with a large flat brush.

A few ripples are added in the foreground 

at the end of this very enjoyable Demonstration.

Fancy learning English watercolours with my online course with personal feedback and helpful hints on all projects. 

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Winter sky Eden Valley

Winter Sky, Eden Valley

Painted in Watercolours

I look across this view each morning,

It fills me with delight,

to see it wrapped in a blanket of fresh snow.

I painted this with a limited palette of magical colours, Cobalt Turquoise being one.

Lots of white paper was left untouched. And no pre-sketching, just in with a brush loaded with paint.

Winter Sky, Eden Valley

Original watercolour 

Size 9 x 7 inches

£65.00

French Doorway Watercolour tutorial.

French Doorway

Painted in watercolours

Learn the secrets of watercolour painting,  a typical French Doorway scene inspired in a truly beautiful rural French setting. A quiet Alpine village in Summer, Cow bells ringing in the valley, high mountain snow capped hills and sunny doorways full of  pots brimming with Geraniums. Logs are piled above the  Sunny doorway ready for the Winter snow. 

Why not have a go, with my easy step by step French Doorway project. Learn the secrets of watercolours, which materials to use and many different techniques are covered in step by step with plenty of clear photographs sent to you direct by email.

This download can be viewed on your computer, tablet or printed to work from. It includes my step by step with many colour photographs, how I approach a painting in watercolours and includes a guide to materials  giving handy tips on equipment and those magical techniques that can bring a watercolour to life. This project is for Personal use only.

French Doorway Tutorial Price £4.80.

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